Non-slip belt

ABSTRACT

A non-slip belt including a belt strap having a silicone gel material imprinted on the inside of the belt strap in a non-continuous design. An interlocking belt buckle for joining the two ends of the belt strap together is constructed of two identically shaped halves. A notch is provided in each half for threadably receiving the notch of the other for interlocking the two halves together. Each half further includes a semi-circular front member and a semi-circular back member joined to the front half in an offset relation. When the notches of each half are threaded together and the front member of each half is rotated toward the rear member of the other half, the front member of each half nests against the back member of the other half forming a circular shaped interlocking belt buckle when the two halves are joined together.

This application claims the benefit of provisional application Ser. No.61/963,628 filed Dec. 9, 2013.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a belt having a belt strap with anon-slip gel imprinted on the inside surface of the belt for preventingthe belt from slipping when worn by a user. The present invention alsoincludes a buckle having two interlocking halves each of which areconnected to a respective free end of the belt strap. The two halves areeasily connected together for buckling the free ends of the belt straptogether.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

A non-slip belt according to the present invention includes a belt straphaving a silicone gel material imprinted on the inside of the belt strapin a non-continuous design. An interlocking belt buckle is provided forjoining the two ends of the belt strap together. The interlocking beltbuckle is constructed of two identically shaped halves. A notch isprovided in each half for threadably receiving the notch of the otherfor interlocking the two halves together. Each half further includes asemi-circular front member and a semi-circular back member joined to thefront half in an offset relation. When the notches of each half arethreaded together and the front member of each half is rotated towardthe rear member of the other half, the front member of each half nestsagainst the back member of the other half forming a circular shapedinterlocking belt buckle when the two halves are joined together.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readilycarried into effect, a preferred embodiment of the invention will now bedescribed, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanyingdrawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a belt according to the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a buckle according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the buckle shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the buckle shown in FIG. 2 with two halves ofthe buckle separated from one another;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the buckle shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the two halves of the buckle shown inFIG. 1 being joined together; and

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 7-7 in FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A belt 10 according to the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. Thebelt 10 includes a belt strap 12 the free ends of which are connectedtogether with a belt buckle 14.

In a preferred embodiment, the belt strap 12 is constructed of aresilient polyester material. A silicone gel 16 is imprinted on theinside surface of the belt strap 12 in a non-continuous design forimproved gripping. In a preferred embodiment as shown in FIG. 1, theword JELT constructed of the silicone gel 16 is repeated on the insidesurface of the belt strap 12. The silicone gel 16 provides a non-slipsurface which tends to prevent the belt strap 12 from slipping aroundthe waist of a user when the belt 10 is worn.

An interlocking belt buckle 14 is shown in FIGS. 2-6. The belt buckle 14is constructed of two halves, 14A and 14B, as shown in FIGS. 4-6. Eachhalf 14A and 14B are of identical construction and the same elementnumbers will be used for each. The description below will relate to thebelt buckle half 14A but the same element numbers will apply to beltbuckle half 14B. The belt buckle half 14A includes a semi-circular frontmember 18 which is adjoined to a semi-circular back member 20 in anoffset relation as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The back member 20 has acutout portion forming a slot 22 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The frontmember 18 has a lug 24 provided on the back surface thereof and the backmember 20 has an opening 26 extending there through and sized to receivethe lug 24 of the other half belt buckle as will be subsequentlydescribed.

The back member 20 has an attachment ring 28 through which a free end ofthe belt 12 is threaded and then sewn on to itself as shown in FIG. 6 at30. As shown in FIG. 5 the notch 22 of half 14A is disposed downwardlyand the notch 22 of half 14B is disposed upwardly.

To join the two buckle halves 14A and 14B together, the slots 22 arealigned as shown in FIG. 6 and the belt buckle halves 14A and 14B arethreadably slid together. Next, the front members 18 are rotateddownwardly with respect to the back member 20 of the other belt bucklehalf so that the lugs 24 are inserted in the openings 26 as shown inFIG. 3. In a preferred embodiment the openings 26 are sized tofrictionally receive the lugs 24 to hold the two belt buckle halves 14Aand 14B together. In this manner, the free ends of the belt strap 12 arebuckled together.

While the fundamental novel features of the invention have been shownand described, it should be understood that various substitutions,modifications, and variations may be made by those skilled in the arts,without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.Accordingly, all such modifications or variations are included in thescope of the invention as defined by the following claims:

I claim:
 1. A non-slip belt comprising: a belt strap having a pair offree ends and an inside surface adapted to rest against the waist of auser; a silicone gel material imprinted on the inside surface of thebelt strap in a non-continuous design; an interlocking belt buckleconstructed of first and second identical halves; the first half of thebelt buckle having a first longitudinal notch and the second half of thebelt buckle having a second longitudinal notch for threadably receivingthe first notch for interlocking the two halves together; the first halfof the belt buckle is secured to a free end of the belt strap with thefirst notch extending upwardly and the second half of the buckle securedto the other free end of the belt strap with the second notch extendingdownwardly.
 2. The non-slip belt according to claim 1 wherein the firstand second halves of the interlocking belt buckle each further include asemi-circular front member adjoined to a semi-circular back member in anoffset relation and wherein the first notch is provided in the backmember of the first half and the second notch is provided in the backmember of the second half, whereby when the first notch is threadablyreceived by the second notch and the front member of each half isrotated toward the back member of the other half, the front member ofeach half nests against the respective back members of the other halfforming a circular shaped interlocking belt buckle when the first andsecond halves are joined together.
 3. The non-slip belt according toclaim 1 wherein the silicone gel material is imprinted on the inside ofthe belt strap in a series of letters.